In Destiny, the Guardians are on a record hunt. Two of them took on Crota and defeated him in 44 seconds.
The exact numbers in Destiny are always unclear. How much do raid mobs scale with the number of players? Do small raid groups have a significantly easier time than larger ones? Or is it the encounter design that allows a two-man team to do what 6 players fail at? Is the advantage that level 32 players have really that huge? Or what does it all look like?
The performance of these two Guardians once again brings the question of scaling to the forefront: they have defeated Crota, the final boss of the current content, together in the incredible record time of 44 seconds.
Timing is everything
With seemingly perfect gameplay, one of the two grabs his Gjallarhorn and forces Crota to his knees in seconds, his teammate is already ready and uses the sword to strike the kneeling Crota on the head. Timing is everything here. There is no margin for error. The sword bearer arrives precisely on time. Every rocket hits its target. There is no breathing space for Crota to regenerate health and jeopardize the tight schedule. Everything works together.
One sword phase is enough in this record attempt, Crota only needs to kneel three times, and then it’s over.
The two Guardians seem to be perfectly coordinated and possess enormous firepower:
Here is the video from the perspective of the sword bearer:
And here’s the impressive kill from the perspective of the Gjallarhorn user.
Raid is probably the wrong term
You could view this kill either as another proof video of how incredibly strong the Gjallarhorn is (though such a video is probably hardly necessary) or as a sign that raids in Destiny do not conform to classic MMORPG rules. In that case, such a kill would be impossible, as mathematically different DPS values would be necessary to beat a boss within the enrage timer.
In any case, the video is proof that some players in Destiny have real skill and that it’s about time for the hard mode to come. Because from here, there’s no place left to go in normal mode. The raid has already been soloed with the weakest exotic in the game, the record times for full teams are already impressively low.
At Atheon, the record back then was 17 seconds and 6-fold Gjallarhorn massage, you probably won’t be able to push Crota down that low, the mechanics are in the way.
Fortunately, the hard mode of the raid is probably coming soon: Destiny patch announced: More loot, fewer exploits – this happens next Tuesday.
Then Crota will only take a part of the current damage from pathetic level 32s, and he may have a few more tricks up his sleeve.
